Whenever someone would ask a mountaineer why they climb mountains, the answer has always been completely universal, across different cultures, backgrounds, history, and race: "Because it's there." When I first heard this, I didn't understand it. Who would? It's so vague, and doesn't answer anything. But I think I get it now, so I'll try to phrase it better. The mountain stands a juxtaposition to t... » Continue Reading
I feel despair is a necessary negative emotion. Something that is necessary, even though it is negative. Yes, one should not wallow away in despair, they should not let despair take a hold of them and clutch them and pull them down; one should have hope, and yet, that is not to say that one should never once in their lifetime despair. It brings a sort of lucidity to a person if they've sunk far e... » Continue Reading
This Mouthwashing game has been all the rage recently and the news of it reached me. I saw it, and I noticed the extent of the hate of the fandom for Jimmy. I get why obviously, but I can't help but feel like it's excessive, because in my opinion, anyone could become like Jimmy. Anyone has the potential. We like to claim that even in our darkest moments, we would never stoop so low ("Even our dark... » Continue Reading
I heard an analogy that all their life, people spend their life trying to climb a mountain, trying to get the top of something, trying to be successful in one way or another. And that, for the few that reach the top, life seems to become aimless: "There's nothing else to do. I've already reached the top". But I think that these thoughts, both of the desire to climb metaphorical mountains, and the ... » Continue Reading
Recently I've been reading Roadside Picnic , a book I picked up after playing through every Metro game 2 times over, watching Tarkovsky's Stalker , and with STALKER: SoC on my to-play list. All of these were inspired by the same book, which is phenomenal to me. If I enjoyed every singl » Continue Reading
I've been doing rock climbing for a few years now, and only started taking it seriously after picking it up again earlier this year. I'm by no means a terrible climber, the hardest route I think I've done is 6A-6B ish (5.11 to 5.12 in yosemite grading), but I'm not great either. However, just today I think I had one of the biggest revelations regarding my rock climbing technique that completely ch... » Continue Reading